Cheaper by inu
We survived more than 1 week now. Watching inu growing up everyday, it kept reminding me of the movie 'Cheaper by the dozen.' I found myself constantly juggling between work time, personal time, and time for inu. We have to rush back and forth between house and work during one hour lunch break. Fed ourselves, fed inu and played with her for a little bit. Then watched her cried sadly when we were leaving again.
I have sacrificed one hour of sleep time everyday and I found myself yawning constantly at wok. In addition to less sleep, stress and sore limbs have also built into this factor. We used to mop the floor every week and we needed to do this almost everyday to eliminate the smell and messes caused by inu.
We could not even sit down quietly for a nice dinner or TV show since inu kept running around and chewing things that she was not suppose to chew. We have to constantly monitor inu's every move. The easiest solution would be putting inu back to her cage but I felt that it's too cruel for inu as she has been staying in her cage for the whole day. Well, plus a toilet playground, which is not too bad for inu. But this is not the solution to fix her bad habit.
Inu has been biting us furiously with her sharp teeth lately and we decided to get her a muzzle. The pet shop personnel looked at us surprisingly and said that this was common for puppy. But to us, biting and leaving scars on our hands and foot is absolutely unacceptable. How would children play with her? In addition, inu would lose her temper while playing crazily. The more we said no and blocked her from doing something, the more she wanted and would fight to do. Finally, we got a perfect muzzle for her.
Inu was going crazy again and we decided to put the muzzle on her. Her first reaction was surprised, scared, nervous, like what the hack was this thing. Inu struggled very hard trying to remove it but the muzzle was a perfect fit. We removed the muzzle after about 20 seconds. Inu cooled down immediately, kind a loss, but at least she was quite behaving in the next hour, chewing only her toys.
But I am sure it won't take long for inu to forget about the muzzle and biting again.
I have sacrificed one hour of sleep time everyday and I found myself yawning constantly at wok. In addition to less sleep, stress and sore limbs have also built into this factor. We used to mop the floor every week and we needed to do this almost everyday to eliminate the smell and messes caused by inu.
We could not even sit down quietly for a nice dinner or TV show since inu kept running around and chewing things that she was not suppose to chew. We have to constantly monitor inu's every move. The easiest solution would be putting inu back to her cage but I felt that it's too cruel for inu as she has been staying in her cage for the whole day. Well, plus a toilet playground, which is not too bad for inu. But this is not the solution to fix her bad habit.
Inu has been biting us furiously with her sharp teeth lately and we decided to get her a muzzle. The pet shop personnel looked at us surprisingly and said that this was common for puppy. But to us, biting and leaving scars on our hands and foot is absolutely unacceptable. How would children play with her? In addition, inu would lose her temper while playing crazily. The more we said no and blocked her from doing something, the more she wanted and would fight to do. Finally, we got a perfect muzzle for her.
Inu was going crazy again and we decided to put the muzzle on her. Her first reaction was surprised, scared, nervous, like what the hack was this thing. Inu struggled very hard trying to remove it but the muzzle was a perfect fit. We removed the muzzle after about 20 seconds. Inu cooled down immediately, kind a loss, but at least she was quite behaving in the next hour, chewing only her toys.
But I am sure it won't take long for inu to forget about the muzzle and biting again.
posted by inusan at 3/13/2006 05:33:00 PM
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